Flying-machine.



PATBNTED FEB. 5, 1907.

W. MORGAN.

FLYING MACHINE.

APPLIOATION FILED MAB.31,1906.

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APPLIOATIOH FILED MAB..31,1906.

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N am g Adar WILLIAM-MORGAN, HF FORT PLAIN, NEW YORK.

'FLYING-MACHQNE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 5. 1907.

Application filed March 31, 1906, Serial No. 809,156.

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Be it known that I, W IL IAM MtUBGAX, a sub ect of the King of Great Britain, residing at Fort Plain, in the county ofltiontgomery and State of New York. have invented new and useful Improvements in Flying-Machines, of which the following is a specifics; tion.

Mv invention relates to flying-machines, and has for its objects the novel arrangement of planes which are adapted to float the machine upon the air while propellers move (the same forward, one of the planes being so arranged as to be capable of having its angle varied so that'the course of the machine may be varied so as to ascend or descend. These and otherobjects and details of my invention are more fully described in the followin r specification and set forth in the appende claims.

I n the drawings forming a part of this application and accoinpanym; same like reference characters are used to designate the same parts in the various figures.

Figure I is a side elevation of my improved flying-machine. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the se me, with one of the planes broken away to show certain details. Fig. 3 is a front view ofthe machine.

The machine is provided with a horizontal backbone 5 of the shape shown in Fig. l. where it will be seen that a vertical member rises from the outer end of this member 5 and an angular member 7 returns to the horizontal part 5 and is secured thereto, the whole f rming a triangular frame. The angular piere 7 carriesan aeroplane'8 of any desired size and construction, but which is preferably made of a lightfframe 9, of wood'or li ht metal, and covered with sillgthe whole being securely attached to the member 7. The horizontal section of the. frame carries cross members 10, whose under sides are provided with runners 11, which are useful in starting the machine or efi'ectinga landing of the same, as they not only permit the machine to slide along the ground, but they also afford a cushioning effect when it drops and break the force of the fall. The upper face of this horizontal member carries a seat 12 for the operator and steering mechanism 1% for 11181111711 lating the rear plane or tail 14. which is hinged to the member 5 at the poi M15 and the ends has ropes or cords 16 and 17, which ass around the u ley 18 of the steering mec lanism, and wien it is desired to descend the rope 17 is drawn in and 16 is released; but when it is desired to permit the machine to ascend an op osite o eration is resorted to, so that the tall will ta e a )osition above the line of the horizontal mem er 5.

Pivoted between the members 5 and 7 of the frame is a reetangular frame 19, which carries suitable motive powersuch as a spring-motor 120, with a shaft 21, passing from side to side of the frame 19 and having its bearings therein, and this shaft carries at each end the bevel gear-wheels 22, meshing, with the bevel-pinious 23 on shafts 24, which shafts are carried by the frames 25, pivoted at the outer end of the motive-shaft 21, and 2c of the frames 25 terminating near the operator's seat, so that they may be grasped by him, and the 'whole of the frame 19 turned on its pivots so that the direction of the propellers 27 at the outer ends of the shafts .24 may be varied or established at the will of the. operator. The tailpiece 14 is similar in its construction to the aeroplane 8 and is of the same material.

Ya rious modifications may be resorted to in the construction and arrangements of the various parts of this device without departing from the essential features set forth in. the claims.

Having thus described the invention, what .1 claim as new is I I. A lying-machine comprising a horizontal backbone, a vertical member secured to the front end of said backbone, an inclined member extending from the'upper end of said vertical member. back to the backbone, an aeroplane secured to said inclined member and extending upon opposite sides of the same, a tail pivoted to the rear end of the backbone am flexible connections extending from said tail to a steering-wheel, a motor, sup ported upon said backbone, propellers actuated bysaid motor, and means for moving said propellers in different directions, substantiall as described.

2. A ying-machine provided with a frame comprising a horizontal backbone,- a vertical member extending upward from the front end of said backbone an inclined member exl tending backward from the upper end of said ICC vertical mei1iber,imd secured ut its rear end to bone near the front and rear of the machine, said backbone, an aeroplane secured to said substantially as described. u ineliued member, a pivoted steering-tail, a In testimony whereof I eilix my signature motor supported upon the backbone, pro 2 in preeenee of two witnesses. puller-wheels rneretivelv eoi'meeteil in said \VILLTAM MORGAN. motor, means l or movin; said propellers in Witnesses: various directions, and runners seeured in HARRY A. BROWN,

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